Residents anxiously await answers in Ind. slayings

Published 11:21 AM EDT Jun 15, 2013

WAYNESVILLE, Ind. -

Anxious residents were still awaiting answers more than a month after four people were found dead in an Indiana home.

The bodies of Katheryn Burton, Thomas Smith, Aaron Cross and Shawn Burton were found May 11 in Waynesville, about 50 miles south of Indianapolis. Investigators have been tight-lipped about the case and have confirmed only that all four victims were shot in the head and that Katheryn Burton was also stabbed.

Experts told The Indianapolis Star that investigators' silence was a deliberate strategy designed to prevent suspects from getting key information.

Bartholomew County coroner Larry Fisher said investigators are working diligently on the case. The sheriff's office was leading the investigation and has sought help from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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